“Lifting joy and spirit through moment and colour”.

My name is Jason Misurka, an emerging Canadian abstract artist born in 1967
Toronto Ontario. I now live in Mississauga, where I paint in my home studio, overlooking and inspiring backyard view.

Having spent over two decades in skilled trades and being a graduate of The Fundamentals of Art and Animation programs at Sheridan College, I paint full-time as a contemporary abstract artist since 2020.

My artistic journey and interest in the arts began at a very young age, around 8 years old, when I picked up a pencil and started doodling images of animals and landscapes. This sparked my imagination and continued throughout high school and then college.

My journey formally began with an introduction to visual arts at Sheridan College, where I studied the fundamentals of art. There, I explored various mediums such as photography, printmaking, live model sketching, and art theory.

I then moved on to the main course of study in the Classical Animation program, which involved more intense visual perceptions, creating repetitive animated drawings brought to life, and designing backgrounds and layouts.

Looking back, I found that my passion and interest in abstract painting allowed me to find my true voice and freely explore my imagination . I created sketches of shapes and forms and then built on them with bold color tones, inspired by my everyday life experiences and observations.

Active member of Headwaters Arts Gallery; Society of Canadian Artists and Mississauga Arts Council.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My paintings intuitively engage the subconscious mind with dreamlike state captures and moments frozen in time and space. This is achieved through layering translucent, bold colour palettes, transferred images, and masking film, adding layers of bold colour forms that evoke the senses with energy, flows of movement and joyfulness.

My paintings are an expression and interpretation of my own life experiences gathered from observations. These observations are then collected and inspired from photo captures, compiled hand sketches of my conjured images and thoughts, and manipulated to shape and form compositions.

The focuses may include inspiring long walks through the urban streetscapes of downtown Toronto, European and Caribbean vacations, and casual nature hikes, such as the winding trails through Gravenhurst Ontario. These life experiences and adventures allow me to explore many areas of interest such as the wonders of nature, florals and the bountiful colours and landscapes the world has to offer.

My techniques include air brushes with richly pigmented acrylic tones, where I paint wide swaths with sweeping motions and smaller areas of fine details. I engage in hand painting with long and short gestural brush movements, and in some narratives incorporating free - flow inks pushing paint around adding depth and layers of spontaneous flows that naturally unfold in its raw organic form. Final touches may include acrylic markers for fine details and a flick brush for splatter effects.